The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hampshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 77 86 79
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 27 13 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.744% 0.811% 1.514%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.574% 1.258% 2.353%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 8
Average daily rate £331 £325 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.84% -15.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £304 £275 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £405 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £413 £375
% change year-on-year
-21.21% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1049 1033 1190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.76% 64.44% 64.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 491 539
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 102 126
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.69 £14.13 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Testing across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hampshire Performance Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Performance Testing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Performance Testing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Andover +4 4 - -
Southampton -2 3 £337 -20.70%
Winchester - 2 £313 -
Gosport - 1 £325 -
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Performance Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Performance Testing.

1 21 (42.00%) Test Scripting
2 16 (32.00%) IBM
2 16 (32.00%) Rational Performance Tester
3 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (28.00%) Test Automation
3 14 (28.00%) Oracle
4 13 (26.00%) HP
4 13 (26.00%) Test Management
5 12 (24.00%) SQL
6 11 (22.00%) LoadRunner
6 11 (22.00%) HP Quality Center
7 10 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 10 (20.00%) ISEB
8 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
8 9 (18.00%) SQL Server
8 9 (18.00%) Windows
8 9 (18.00%) Linux
8 9 (18.00%) Oracle 8/8i
9 8 (16.00%) IIS
9 8 (16.00%) Oracle BI EE
9 8 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (14.00%) Migration
10 7 (14.00%) Oracle OWB
10 7 (14.00%) VMware
10 7 (14.00%) Oracle 11g
10 7 (14.00%) ISEB Practitioner
10 7 (14.00%) Oracle APEX
10 7 (14.00%) Oracle RAC
10 7 (14.00%) SQL Server 2005
10 7 (14.00%) .NET

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Performance Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Performance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (14.00%) .NET
2 2 (4.000%) COM
3 1 (2.000%) JSP
3 1 (2.000%) Web Services
3 1 (2.000%) LAMP
3 1 (2.000%) JRules
3 1 (2.000%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.000%) WCF
3 1 (2.000%) HTML5
3 1 (2.000%) soapUI
3 1 (2.000%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.000%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (16.00%) IIS
2 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.000%) Windows Azure
4 1 (2.000%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (2.000%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (2.000%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.000%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) SAP MM
1 2 (4.000%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (4.000%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.000%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.000%) HTTP
2 1 (2.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.000%) DNS
2 1 (2.000%) HTTPS
2 1 (2.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (18.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 8 (16.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 7 (14.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (14.00%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (14.00%) Oracle 10g
3 7 (14.00%) Oracle OWB
3 7 (14.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (14.00%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (4.000%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (2.000%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 16 (32.00%) Rational Performance Tester
2 11 (22.00%) LoadRunner
3 10 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 7 (14.00%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (6.000%) Visual Studio
5 3 (6.000%) Selenium
6 2 (4.000%) Xcode
6 2 (4.000%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (2.000%) SpecFlow
7 1 (2.000%) GitHub
7 1 (2.000%) Jenkins
7 1 (2.000%) JIRA
7 1 (2.000%) WATIR
7 1 (2.000%) JMeter
7 1 (2.000%) FitNesse
7 1 (2.000%) Firebug
7 1 (2.000%) Fiddler
7 1 (2.000%) Talend Open Studio
7 1 (2.000%) Rational Functional Tester
7 1 (2.000%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (6.000%) Military
2 2 (4.000%) Retail
2 2 (4.000%) Billing
2 2 (4.000%) Finance
3 1 (2.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (38.00%) Tester
2 17 (34.00%) Performance Tester
3 12 (24.00%) Analyst
4 11 (22.00%) Test Analyst
4 11 (22.00%) Consultant
5 8 (16.00%) Test Consultant
6 5 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Performance Test Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Performance Test Consultant
7 4 (8.000%) Test Leader
8 3 (6.000%) DBA
8 3 (6.000%) Test Manager
9 2 (4.000%) SQL Developer
9 2 (4.000%) Test Specialist
9 2 (4.000%) Project Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Performance Test Specialist
9 2 (4.000%) Testing Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Testing Project Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
9 2 (4.000%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) NHS
1 2 (4.000%) Open Source
2 1 (2.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.00%) Linux
1 9 (18.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) UNIX
3 3 (6.000%) AIX
4 2 (4.000%) Android
4 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (4.000%) Windows 2000
4 2 (4.000%) Windows XP
4 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.000%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.000%) SUSE
5 1 (2.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Test Scripting
2 14 (28.00%) Test Automation
3 13 (26.00%) Test Management
4 8 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (14.00%) Migration
6 6 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Regression Testing
8 3 (6.000%) Scrum
8 3 (6.000%) Security Testing
8 3 (6.000%) System Testing
9 2 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (4.000%) Integration Testing
9 2 (4.000%) Load Testing
9 2 (4.000%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (4.000%) Information Management
9 2 (4.000%) ITIL
10 1 (2.000%) ERP
10 1 (2.000%) SOA
10 1 (2.000%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) Java
3 4 (8.000%) C#
4 3 (6.000%) Perl
5 1 (2.000%) C
5 1 (2.000%) C++
5 1 (2.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.000%) Python
5 1 (2.000%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.000%) Jython
5 1 (2.000%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.00%) ISEB
3 7 (14.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.000%) HP AIS
5 4 (8.000%) ISTQB
6 2 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.000%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.000%) HL7
2 1 (2.000%) QA
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (14.00%) Terminal Services
1 7 (14.00%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (8.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.000%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.000%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) IBM
2 14 (28.00%) Oracle
3 13 (26.00%) HP
4 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (14.00%) VMware
6 5 (10.00%) SAP
7 2 (4.000%) iSOFT
8 1 (2.000%) ILOG
8 1 (2.000%) Capita
8 1 (2.000%) RedPrairie
8 1 (2.000%) Talend
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